City of Detroit’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund and Affordable Housing Leverage Fund Situation The City of Detroit, Invest Detroit and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation – Detroit (LISC) engaged our agency to help the three partner organizations manage communications for the pioneering Strategic Neighborhood Fund (SNF) and Affordable Housing Leverage Fund (AHLF). These initiatives are funded […]
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Case Study – The Detroit Institute of Arts’ “Art is for everyone” millage campaign Situation In 2010, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) decided to go to voters in southeast Michigan with a millage proposal to provide financial stability and allow the museum to turn its considerable fundraising skills from operations to endowment. The DIA […]
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Case Study – John S. & Lames L. Knight Foundation’s “Knight Arts Challenge Detroit” Situation In 2012, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced an initiative to establish a series of crowd-sourced grant-making contests to fund the best art ideas from cities across the country. The annual contest, previously piloted in Miami, would […]
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Case Study – Girl Scouts’ ‘The Future is now’ campaign Situation The Future is Now was a part of a three-month national grassroots campaign commissioned by Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) to assist Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan (GSSEM) and 24 other Girl Scout councils nationwide in retaining and attracting new members and volunteers, […]
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